![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Orson_Welles_War_Bonds - Orson Welles The legendary Orson Welles does a spot for United States War Bonds Payroll Savings Plan from an Old Time Radio program Keywords: Orson Welles; War Bonds; WWII; OTR Downloads: 941 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | 1946 Orson Welles Commentaries Following on from his newspaper column in the New York Post, Orson Welles offered a weekly political radio broadcast, covering such topics as the OPA (Office of Price Administration,) atomic bomb tests, and the blinding of war veteran Isaac Woodard. Keywords: Orson Welles; Isaac Woodard; NAACP Downloads: 6,662 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Orson Welles Wartime Broadcasts A collection of radio shows from World War II, featuring Welles in everything from cameo, host or narrator to lead actor. Welles' own wartime radio series were Hello Americans, Ceiling Unlimited and the Orson Welles Radio Almanac. Programs: Gulf Screen Guild Theater - Between Americans by Norman Corwin We Hold These Truths Nazi Eyes on Canada - Alameda Command Performance Fifth War Loan Drive G I Journal The Liberation of Paris Columbia Presents Corwin - 14 August by Norman Corwin Dorris Miller ... Keywords: Orson Welles; World War II; OTR Downloads: 8,266 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Orson Welles on Suspense Orson Welles guest stars on the long-running thriller. Included is Welles' parody of Donovan's Brain. Suspense (CBS) directors: William N. Robeson, William Spier music: Bernard Herrmann Episodes: The Hitchhiker by Lucille Fletcher The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell The Lost Special by Arthur Conan Doyle Philomel Cottage by Agatha Christie Lazarus Walks by Robert Richards The Marvelous Barastro by Ben Hecht The Dark Tower by Alexander Woollcott and George S... Keywords: Orson Welles; Suspense; OTR Downloads: 30,700 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Orson Welles Shakespeare Collection Welles performances of Shakespeare, from radio broadcasts and 78-speed records. Downloads: 7,158 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | 1941 Orson Welles Show (Lady Esther) Welles' first almanac/variety radio show, featuring members of his Mercury Theatre with Jiminy Cricket as the voice of Orson's conscience. Keywords: Orson Welles Mercury Theatre OTR Downloads: 4,052 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | 1944 Orson Welles Radio Almanac (part 1) A Wellesian smorgasbord of comedy, trivia, music and drama, with Agnes Moorehead as president of the Orson Welles Swoon Club. Musical guests include Nat King Cole and Kid Ory. Orson Welles Almanac (CBS) director: Orson Welles music: Lud Gluskin series cast and guest stars include: Agnes Moorehead, Ray Collins, Hans Conried, Keenan Wynn, Groucho Marx, Lionel Barrymore, Hedda Hopper, Victor Moore, Lucille Ball, Charles Laughton, Betty Hutton, Mary Boland, Dennis Day, Aurora Miranda, Ann Sothern, t... Keywords: Orson Welles; OTR Downloads: 12,261 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Orson Welles - Les Miserables (1937) Welles' first radio series as director/producer/adaptor, in which he developed the techniques later used in The Mercury Theatre on the Air. Keywords: Orson Welles OTR Downloads: 11,790 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Orson Welles on Silver Theater Welles appears as guest host on Stars in Their Courses by I. A. R. Wiley, starring Helen Hayes, and guest star on One Step Ahead by John La Touche. Keywords: Orson Welles; Helen Hayes; OTR Downloads: 1,616 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Orson Welles on Lux Radio Theater Welles guest stars on the long running anthology series. Keywords: Orson Welles Rita Hayworth OTR Downloads: 2,055 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Orson Welles and Joseph Cotten on Ceiling Unlimited Orson Welles and Joseph Cotten star in this wartime series, featuring Mercury Theatre veterans Agnes Moorehead and George Coulouris. Music by Lud Gluskin. Episodes starring Welles: War Workers Gremlins Pan-American Airlines Rulers of Earth The Future Episodes starring Cotten: Christmas Show God's Corporals Keywords: Orson Welles; Joseph Cotten; OTR Downloads: 6,232 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Orson Welles on Cavalcade of America Welles guest stars on the patriotic NBC series. Episodes: The Great Man Votes by Gordon Malherne Hillman Thunder from the Mountains by Arthur Miller Admiral of the Ocean Sea by Samuel Eliot Morison In the Best Tradition by Peter Lyon Keywords: Orson Welles; OTR Downloads: 1,976 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Hello Americans with Orson Welles Keywords: Hello Americans; Orson Welles; OTR Downloads: 3,574 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Harry Lime with Orson Welles Keywords: Harry Lime; Orson Welles; OTR Downloads: 9,650 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Black Museum with Orson Welles Downloads: 24,723 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Civil Defense with Orson Welles Keywords: Civil Defense with Orson Welles; Orson Welles; OTR Downloads: 4,977 Average rating: (3 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Campbell Playhouse with Orson Welles Keywords: campbell playhouse; orson welles Downloads: 44,661 Average rating: (4 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Orson Welles Radio Almanac 44 01 26 Guest Groucho Marx Orson starts off his new show by having trouble with the censor, and a new secretary. Groucho arrives and attempts to help Orson find a new place to live, and get into pictures. Keywords: Orson Welles; Variety; OTR Downloads: 40 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Orson Welles and Ray Collins on The Columbia Workshop Early Welles radio appearances, including starring as Hamlet in his own adaption of the play. Ray Collins stars in Air Raid. Columbia Workshop (CBS) director: Irving Reis music: Bernard Herrmann Episodes: Hamlet by William Shakespeare The Fall of the City by Archibald MacLeish Air Raid by Archibald MacLeish Keywords: Orson Welles; Shakespeare; Archibald MacLeish; OTR Downloads: 3,632 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Orson Welles Radio Almanac 44 06 07 D Day Program Orson cancelled the regular program to produced this special show following the news of the start of the D-Day invasion of France. It gives a dramatized perspective of what people at home were experiencing on those first few days, starring Agnes Moorehead. Keywords: Orson Welles; Drama; World War 2; OTR Downloads: 51 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | 1944 Orson Welles Radio Almanac (part 2) A Wellesian smorgasbord of comedy, trivia, music and drama. This second half of the series was broadcast live from Armed Forces camps as part of The Mercury Wonder Show. part 1 is here: http://www.archive.org/details/1944OrsonWellesRadioAlmanacpart1 Keywords: Orson Welles; OTR Downloads: 6,349 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | owota2 More from the Orson Welles: On The Air podcast. Keywords: relicradio.com Downloads: 133,078 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | OWOTAB More from the Orson Welles: On The Air podcast. Keywords: relicradio.com Downloads: 25,382 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | OWOTA1 More from the Orson Welles: On The Air podcast. Keywords: relicradio Downloads: 24,656 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The War of The Wolds-TuckerMike-miX - Mike Tucker remix of the Orson Welles 10-30-38 broadcast of H.G Wells's "The War of the Worlds" Keywords: Experimental Techno Downloads: 5,602 Average rating: (4 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | 1946 Mercury Summer Theatre (part 2) Welles and the Mercury revisit some favorite broadcasts from the 1930s and offer some new stories as well. Mercury Summer Theatre (CBS) director: Orson Welles music: Bernard Herrmann episodes: Abednego the Slave by Orson Welles and John Tucker Battle I'm a Fool by Sherwood Anderson/The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe Moby Dick by Herman Melville The Apple Tree by John Galsworthy King Lear by William Shakespeare part 1 is here: http://www.archive.org/details/1946MercurySummerTheatre Keywords: Orson Welles; Mercury Theatre; OTR Downloads: 9,865 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Campbell Playhouse: A Christmas Carol 12/24/1939 The classic Campbell Playhouse dramatization of "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens narrated by Orson Welles and starring Lionel Barrymore. Original commercials and network/station id included. Recently added is a fresh, high bit rate encode ripped from vinyl and uploaded to the archive in WAV format. Keywords: A Christmas Carol; scrooge; otr; Dickens; christmas; Charles Dickens; Campbell Playhouse; Orson Welles; Lionel Barrymore; radio drama Downloads: 9,186 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | OWOTA - RelicRadio.com Orson Welles had quite a career in radio, from his days as The Shadow and his Mercury Theatre On The Air, to the radio version of his Third Man character from the movie, and beyond. This podcast will replay his radio performances from his various series and guest appearances. Keywords: owota Downloads: 58,697 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Lives Of Harry Lime (1951 -1952) Orson Welles reprised his role of Harry Lime from the celebrated 1949 film adaptation of Graham Greene's novel The Third Man. The radio series is a "prequel" to the film, and depicts the many misadventures of con-artist Lime in a somewhat lighter tone than the character's villainy in the film. Downloads: 90,187 Average rating: (13 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | FRANKENSTEIN CONQUERS THE RADIO - Cassandra "the Shadow's Girl" Morrison From the 13 part production produced by (and starring) George Edwards (Australia's answer to Orson Welles) to Favorite Stories production, to Suspense, to The Weird Circle---Mary Shelley's nightmare creation has been lurching across the airwaves ever since radio was invented. Enjoy these classics here (along with some more humorous versions). Keywords: Frankenstein, OTR, George Edwards, Mary Shelley, Horror, Classic Downloads: 7,078 Average rating: (4 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Avenger (OTR) Considered somewhat inferior version of "The Shadow", this show was written by Walter Gibson (Maxwell Grant) and starred James Monks as Jim Brandon, and James LoCurto (who, along with Frank Readick voiced "The Shadow" before the advent of Orson Welles and Lamont Cranston). Sourced: The Avenger, Free OTR (Thanks to "Shadow's Girl" for show clarification!) Keywords: OTR; Old Time Radio; The Avenger; Avenger Downloads: 8,162 Average rating: (5 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | 1946 Mercury Summer Theatre (part 1) Welles and the Mercury revisit some favorite broadcasts from the 1930s and offer some new stories as well. Mercury Summer Theatre (CBS) director: Orson Welles music: Bernard Herrmann episodes: Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne, music by Cole Porter The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas The Hitchhiker by Lucille Fletcher Jane Eyre by Emily Bronte A Passenger to Bali by Ellis St. Joseph The Search for Henri Le Fevre by Lucille Fletcher Life with Adam by Hugh Kemp The Moat Farm Murd... Keywords: Orson Welles; Mercury Theatre; OTR Downloads: 18,965 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Les Miserables - Victor Hugo recorded 1937 with Orson Welles Les Miserables (translated variously from French as The Miserable Ones, The Wretched, The Poor Ones, The Wretched Poor, The Victims) (1862) is a novel by French author Victor Hugo, and among the best-known novels of the 19th century. It follows the lives and interactions of several French characters over a twenty year period in the early 19th century that includes the Napoleonic wars and subsequent decades... Keywords: victor Hugo; Les Miserables Radio drama; hoorspel; Orson Welles Downloads: 9,587 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Hello Americans - Old Time Radio Researchers Group HELLO AMERICANS Hello Americans was a 12 episode show Orson Welles made as another contribution to the war effort, and stems in part from his interest in Latin and South American culture. It was no doubt spurred by his time in Brazil working on the movie It's All True. The show is a generally lighthearted affair, and Welles clearly seems to enjoy himself. The first episode in particular, with Carmen Miranda, is a prime example of this... Keywords: OTRR; Old Time Radio Researchers Group; Old Time Radio; OTRR Set; Hello Americans; Orson Welles; OTRR - 2007-05 Downloads: 2,447 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Hello Americans - Single Episodes - Old Time Radio Researchers Group HELLO AMERICANS Hello Americans was a 12 episode show Orson Welles made as another contribution to the war effort, and stems in part from his interest in Latin and South American culture. It was no doubt spurred by his time in Brazil working on the movie It's All True. The show is a generally lighthearted affair, and Welles clearly seems to enjoy himself. The first episode in particular, with Carmen Miranda, is a prime example of this... Keywords: OTRR; Old Time Radio Researchers Group; Old Time Radio; OTRR Single Episodes; Hello Americans; Orson Welles; OTRR - 2007-06 Downloads: 6,673 Average rating: (3 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Black Museum - Old Time Radio Researchers Group THE BLACK MUSEUM Opening in 1875, the Crime Museum at Scotland Yard is the oldest museum in the world purely for recording crime. The name "Black Museum" was coined in 1877 by a reporter from "The Observer", a London newspaper, although the museum is still referred to as the Crime Museum. It is this museum that inspired The Black Museum radio series, produced in London by Harry Alan Towers. From Jay Hickerson's "The Ultimate History of Network Radio Programming and Guide To All Circulating Show... Keywords: OTRR; Old Time Radio Researchers Group; Old Time Radio; OTRR Set; Black Museum, The; The Black Museum; OTRR - 2006-07 Downloads: 10,298 Average rating: (5 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Black Museum - Single Episodes - Old Time Radio Researchers Group THE BLACK MUSEUM Opening in 1875, the Crime Museum at Scotland Yard is the oldest museum in the world purely for recording crime. The name "Black Museum" was coined in 1877 by a reporter from "The Observer", a London newspaper, although the museum is still referred to as the Crime Museum. It is this museum that inspired The Black Museum radio series, produced in London by Harry Alan Towers. From Jay Hickerson's "The Ultimate History of Network Radio Programming and Guide To All Circulating Sh... Keywords: OTRR; Old Time Radio Researchers Group; Old Time Radio; OTRR Single Episodes; Black Museum; The Black Museum; OTRR - 2006-07 Downloads: 95,141 Average rating: (4 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Romance Theater of Romance/Romance (CBS) ran for about 12 years between 1943 and 1957 as a 30 minute filler for a number of old time radio shows. The content, directors, performers and producers changed often during the run of the series, but maintained its theme pretty much. When the show picked up sponsor Colgate Tooth Powder in the years 1944-1946, a lot of big names of the time entered the picture like Henry Fonda, Errol Flynn, Humphrey Bogart, Shirley Temple, Orson Welles, Gregory Peck and James St... Downloads: 6,721 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Crime Classics - Single Episodes - Old Time Radio Researchers Group CRIME CLASSICS Crime Classics came to CBS September 30, 1953 and was a neat little series of "true crime stories". This show introduces itself succinctly: "A series of true crime stories from the records and newspapers of every land, from every time. Your host each week, is Mr. Thomas Hyland -- connoisseur of crime, student of violence, and teller of murders. " Thomas Hyland is played by Lou Merrill, although you'd never know it was an "actor" doing the part... Keywords: OTRR; Old Time Radio Researchers Group; Old Time Radio; OTRR Single Episodes; Crime Classics; OTRR Updated Release; OTRR - 2011-10 Downloads: 70,627 Average rating: (8 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Secrets of Scotland Yard - Single Episodes - Old Time Radio Researchers Group SECRETS OF SCOTLAND YARD In an earlier time, just prior to and following the Second World War, the general public was fascinated by the subject of crime. Numerous magazines of "True Crime Stories" filled the newsstands. Radio also helped fill the need with fictional heroes such as Johnny Dollar and The Saint. Few true crime dramas, other than Gangbusters or Dragnet, sustained long term success on radio... Keywords: OTRR; Old Time Radio Researchers Group; Old Time Radio; OTRR Single Episodes; Secrets of Scotland Yard; OTRR - 2007-01 Downloads: 55,454 Average rating: (4 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Secrets of Scotland Yard - Old Time Radio Researchers Group SECRETS OF SCOTLAND YARD In an earlier time, just prior to and following the Second World War, the general public was fascinated by the subject of crime. Numerous magazines of "True Crime Stories" filled the newsstands. Radio also helped fill the need with fictional heroes such as Johnny Dollar and The Saint. Few true crime dramas, other than Gangbusters or Dragnet, sustained long term success on radio... Keywords: OTRR; Old Time Radio Researchers Group; Old Time Radio; OTRR Set; Secrets of Scotland Yard; OTRR - 2007-01 Downloads: 28,366 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Crime Classics - Old Time Radio Researchers Group CRIME CLASSICS Crime Classics came to CBS September 30, 1953 and was a neat little series of "true crime stories". This show introduces itself succinctly: "A series of true crime stories from the records and newspapers of every land, from every time. Your host each week, is Mr. Thomas Hyland -- connoisseur of crime, student of violence, and teller of murders. " Thomas Hyland is played by Lou Merrill, although you'd never know it was an "actor" doing the part... Keywords: OTRR; Old Time Radio Researchers Group; Old Time Radio; OTRR Set; OTRR Certified Set; Crime Classics; 1950s; 1952; 1953; 1954; OTRR Updated Release; OTRR - 2013-05 Downloads: 10,734 Average rating: (4 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Inner Sanctum Mysteries - Single Episodes - Old Time Radio Researchers Group INNER SANCTUM MYSTERIES The anthology series featured stories of mystery, terror and suspense, and its tongue-in-cheek introductions were in sharp contrast to shows like Suspense and The Whistler. The early 1940s programs opened with Raymond Edward Johnson introducing himself as, "Your host, Raymond," in a mocking sardonic voice. A spooky melodramatic organ score (played by Lew White) punctuated Raymond's many morbid jokes and playful puns... Keywords: OTRR; Old Time Radio Researchers Group; Old Time Radio; OTRR Single Episodes; Inner Sanctum Mysteries; Inner Sanctum; The Creaking Door; Creaking Door; Mystery; Horror; 1940s; 1950s; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; OTRR - 2011-10 Downloads: 41,090 Average rating: (4 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Sherlock Holmes --> 125+ episodes, properly titled and tagged - smurfmeat The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes was an old-time radio show which aired in the USA from October 2, 1939 to July 7, 1947. The show first aired on the Blue Network but later moved to the Mutual Broadcasting System. The radio stories were action packed, filled with atmosphere, and featured great music by Lou Kosloff, as well as excellent sound effects. Originally, the show starred Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr... Keywords: sherlock holmes; watson; doyle; mystery; old time radio; adventure; crime; london Downloads: 312,173 Average rating: (12 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Inner Sanctum Mysteries - Old Time Radio Researchers Group INNER SANCTUM MYSTERIES The anthology series featured stories of mystery, terror and suspense, and its tongue-in-cheek introductions were in sharp contrast to shows like Suspense and The Whistler. The early 1940s programs opened with Raymond Edward Johnson introducing himself as, "Your host, Raymond," in a mocking sardonic voice. A spooky melodramatic organ score (played by Lew White) punctuated Raymond's many morbid jokes and playful puns... Keywords: OTRR; Old Time Radio Researchers Group; Old Time Radio; OTRR Set; OTRR Certified Set; Inner Sanctum Mysteries; Inner Sanctum; The Creaking Door; Creaking Door; Mystery; Horror; 1940s; 1950s; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; OTRR - 2011-10 Downloads: 8,684 Average rating: (3 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Bergen & McCarthy 48 Eps (48 Episodes) Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy: BORN: Edgar John Berggren in Chicago, IL February 16, 1903 DIED: September 30, 1978 in Las Vegas, NV (Kidney Failure) KNOWN AS: Radio's Greatest Ventriloquist Edgar John (Berggren) Bergen was an American actor & radio performer, born to Swedish family, in Decatur, Michigan. He lived there until he was 16 (when his father died), then went to Chicago, where he attended Lake View High School and worked n a silent movie house... Keywords: Old Time Radio; OTR Variety; Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy Downloads: 11,636 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | This Is My Best Episodes of the old-time radio anthology series "This Is My Best". Keywords: Old Time Radio; This Is My Best; Orson Welles Downloads: 6,639 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Hard Boiled Old Time Radio Private Eyes Keywords: OTR; HardBoiled; Detective; Old Time Radio Downloads: 11,818 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | WhiteHall_1212 Old Time Radio Programs, Whitehall 1212 Keywords: Whitehall 1212; Old Time Radio; OTR Downloads: 8,348 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Radio War of the Worlds Recording - Old Time Radio Theater Howard Koch's radio adaptation of H.G. Well's "War of the Worlds" performed by the Old Time Radio Theater. See us at http://www.oldtimeradiotheater.blogspot.com/ Keywords: koch radio war of the worlds wells performance Downloads: 4,681 Average rating: (3 reviews) |